Can be though, I fully expect Giggs to play all the games left, take all the corners, freekicks and penalties...
James Wilson
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I hope so
It will be fitting for one young left footed Wilson to be given his debut by the last young left footed Wilson to be brought through by the club.
I thought Mark Wilson was left footed ?
I'll rephrase to great Wilson then.
Apparently he is out of contract in the summer, is this true?
Transfermarkt has it as up this summer but I'm sure we have or will get him to sign an extension.
We really need to get these top kids on longer deals!
Seems like a bit of a careless oversight, though I'm sure I'm missing something.
Seems like a bit of a careless oversight, though I'm sure I'm missing something.
Isn't there a rule for u18s that they can sign max 2 year deals?
Don't know about that one.
It seems contracts mean little anyway, perhaps we just rely on being able to offer the kids enough to keep them when other clubs come in looking to lure them away.
Teams seem happy to increase the pay of young players as they make their way up, rather than trying to get a 'deal' by keeping them on their old contracts, the way the do in sports in the states.
Contracts do mean a great deal though, and limerickcitykid is right, until they're 18 we can only give them short contracts. That's the reason we regularly find ourselves in this position, and there's not a lot we can do about it other than trying to do everything we can to keep them.
We kept hold of Januzaj, and I can't see Wilson being as open to a move as Adnan, given that he's a local lad and has been with us longer. I'm not worried.
We kept hold of Januzaj, and I can't see Wilson being as open to a move as Adnan, given that he's a local lad and has been with us longer. I'm not worried.
Well he turned 18 in december, you'd think we'd have put him on a decent deal then.
I didn't realize you could contract kids under 18 at all.
I didn't realize you could contract kids under 18 at all.
imports also structured differently. often those brought in at a certain age will have it so they're automatically offered a deal once they turn 18.
He's already signed a professional contract at 17, I don't think the deal expired that soon.It would be the same as Januzaj - i.e will expired in the summer after his first year after graduation from the academy.
Wilson getting his debut, a little run out before the U21 final!
I'm just glad to see he's fit after coming off early and looking injured in the semi final. Great news for the final if he can get out of this game injury free.
I'm just glad to see he's fit after coming off early and looking injured in the semi final. Great news for the final if he can get out of this game injury free.
I reckon he'll score tonight. Top talent.
I'm trying to find odds on it. Feel it's inevitable.
Someone mentioned 6/4 on paddy power, seems like pretty high odds.
13/8 anytime on 365.
Seen a fair few decent young strikers come through who look like they have something about them (many raved about Josh King, Macheda, Will Keane and obviously Welbeck) but Wilson really looks like a player who can achieve a lot and become a notable goalscorer.
I hope we can mould this one into our main striker. He strikes the ball so well.
I hope we can mould this one into our main striker. He strikes the ball so well.
Yeah, maybe just cramp? I wouldn't have expected him to start tonight as I thought he was injured too. Hopefully he does well. I'm well excited now!
Can Wilson score, he always scores.
1. He'll score
2. He'll hobble off with a knock, most likely to his ankle, sometime in the second half.
2. He'll hobble off with a knock, most likely to his ankle, sometime in the second half.
Odds on both of those would probably be quite short!
Wilsons definitely ready for a chance, he deserves it, let's hope he takes it I'm confident that he will.
£15 on him at 4-1 for United's FGS. :P
Having to listen to the Radio Five Live commentary tonight, they describe Wilson as a 'poacher.' Are there any similarities with Hernandez's style of play?
He just scores.
Wilson hasn't been offside 5 times in the first 40 minutes.
No, not really. Wilson is good at poaching, but that's not even one of his strongest points.
He can run half the field past an entire defense then dribble around the keeper to score. He has fantastic one-touch, turn-and-shoot skill, reminds me a bit of Van Persie in that way.
I haven't been keeping track at all. Is he proper good? What are the odds of him doing well for us next season ala Januzaj or will he go out on loan?
There it is, well done sir!
No way. He isn't just a poacher. Although his finishing his first class.
Best offensive talent on the books not in the squad, imho. But it's so hard to break in as a striker, difficult to see him playing for the first team next season unless it's to play him in the cups and give him the odd sub appearance. Welbeck had such a season, for example, before his Sunderland loans.
Nice finish, really went for it.
He's not one to show nerves, seems to play with a lot of joy and is always smiling after a goal.
Can't imagine how proud he is seeing his son score on his Premier League debut for Manchester United. Born barely an hour away from Old Trafford too.